In 2007, Bung had a heated argument with female opposition MP of Batu Gajah, Fong Po Kuan regarding a leak in the parliament’s roof. He rudely responded in Bahasa Malaysia, “Where is the leak? The Batu Gajah MP leaks every month too.” Needless to say, that again sparked much anger among the other women MPs.

Now Bung is again in the limelight for all the wrong reasons. Just a few days ago on the 9th of July, Bung tweeted “WELL DONE… BRAVO… LONG LIVE HITLER” after the Germany defeated Brazil 7-1 in the World Cup football match.

Angry Reactions From the Public

Many people immediately expressed their disagreement and disapproval of his insensitive tweet. The German ambassador to Malaysia, Holger Michael, tells TIME, ” While we appreciate the admiration for the German football team, we strongly reject the distasteful and unacceptable allusion to the fascist regime of Adolf Hitler.”

Serdang MP Dr Ong Kian Ming even went as far as to state that Bung should resign as a consequence for his actions. Apparently Bung later blocked Ong on Twitter, causing Ong to tweet jokingly:

Image Credit: Screenshot from Ong Kian Ming’s Twitter page

Despite the uproar from the general public, Bung didn’t seem to apologetic about it and even defended his actions during an interview with the Star. “I think people nowadays should transform their mentality. Whatever I tweet people hit me. They are hitting me because of Hitler, but because I am Bung Moktar,” he said.